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| U.S. City Hails Ruling in Smelly Sauce Row |
| 2013-11-30 |
| [An Nahar] A U.S. city welcomed Wednesday a court ruling which could force the closure of a U.S. factory that makes famed Sriracha chili sauces, after neighbors complained of spicy smells. The Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, city of Irwindale, outside Los Angeles, asked last month for Huy Fong Food's facility to be closed and that the company be forced to improve odor-filtering measures. On Tuesday LA Superior Court judge Robert H. O'Brien ruled in favor of the city, ordering the sauce maker to stop any operations that could cause smells and immediately take steps to lessen the odors. The full impact of the ruling was not immediately clear. It does not stop the company operating completely or say what actions need to be taken, according to the LA Times. But the city hailed the decision. "We are pleased by the ruling and expect that it will be final and in force by December 9," Irwindale City Attorney Fred Galante told Agence La Belle France Presse, without elaborating. The legal action has threatened next year's supplies of Chili Garlic, Sambal Oelek, and the wildly popular Sriracha "rooster" sauce, according to the Los Angeles Times. The chilis for next year's sauce supplies are all harvested and ground in a three-month time period that is just completed, but the bottling and mixing is continuous, the Times said. Representatives for Huy Fong Foods have not responded to requests for comment on the ruling. Sriracha sauce, of which Huy Fong Foods is the biggest producer in the United States, takes its name from the town of Si Racha in Thailand, where the hot sauce was first produced. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Hmmmmm. Who was where first, neighbors or Sriracha? Maybe Texas could use another factory. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2013-11-30 20:10 |
| #5 Back when I started college, Peoria, IL smelled like rotting corn half the time. Made Saturday morning hangovers particularly nasty. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-11-30 15:33 |
| #4 perhaps Huy Fong needs to take their business and business taxes paid elsewhere? Most brewerys have that wet dog smell at times from the fermented hops and barley sludge |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-11-30 13:56 |
| #3 The Miller brewery along the 210 stinks all the time Sounds like what they need is a factory which outputs fajita cut meats and have a heckuva time. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-11-30 12:33 |
| #2 My family swears by the stuff. Says it puts hair on your chest. Maybe that's why we're all covered with hair, even the wimmenfolk. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-11-30 10:02 |
| #1 Irwindale is an industrial town. The Miller brewery along the 210 stinks all the time |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-11-30 09:41 |